The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-03-12

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gentleman received from a number of
tenants who are rack-rented a sum
equal to what was considered fair
rent, with the understanding that If the
landlords consented to receive those
amounts in full acquittal of their claims
the money would at once be handed
over to them, and that if such an ar
rangement could not be made the
money would be returned to the ten
ants. We fail to observe in this propo-
sition any Indictment to murder. as
the Times would have it understood,
and. as far as the gentlemen who acted
as trustees were concerned, nothing
that. anywhere out of Ireland, would be
considered dishonest or illegal. By de-
posting the amounts said to be fair
rents with those gentlemen the tenants
gave the very best assurance that what
they offered would be promptly paid.
Lord Salisbury, indeed, called this plan
.sorganized embezzlement, and the
Irish Judges, or some Of them, held that
it was criminal agreement, but it re-
manned for the Times to cap the climax
and call it a scheme of assassination.
We believe that the Judges were willing
to decide that it was conspiracy to de-
fraud Mr.. Dillon and others were ar
rested and brought to trial. To secure
a conviction the venue was changed
from Dublin city to Dublin county. In
the county the jury panel is made up
largely of persons holding extreme
anti-Irish views and full of prejudice.
Every Catholic who was called was Or
dered by the Crown officers to stand
aside and a jury was selected from
which a conviction might well have
been expected. The judge, TOO, was
carefully selected, and his chS,ze to the
Jury. which was strongly in favor Of a
conviction. justified tn choice which
was made. Notwithstanding the super
human efforts that were made to secure
a conviction the jury disagreed. Yet
the Times feels constrained to state
that these men are the intimate asso-
ciates of murderers. We ceny that
they were willing to intimately asso-
ciate" with this judge who was ready
to commit a judicial murder without
Just cause OF provocation.
CHANGING oyer MIR. Parnell's career as
a politician we fail to discover any ac-
ton from which it could be inferred
that he sanctioned lawlessness. Or con-
doned murder, as the Times insinu-
ates. The Land League is as much a
benevolent organization as ANYTHING
we know of, and far from aiding or
abetting crime, it has, on the contrary,
prevented it. There can be only one
conclusion arrived at with reg I'd to
Thunde1er's articles, presumably in
spired by Lord Salisbury. It is an at
tempt to ALLEVIATE the sympathy of the
civilized world from that noble band Of
patriots who have fought so valiantly
for the cause they have espoused. But
it is too late in the day to make a sue
cess of the attempt. All the circum-
stances in connection with the Irish
problem have been carefully weighed
in the balance, and it is scarcely neces-
sary to add that the anti-Home Rule
party has been found woefully want
lug.
The Parnelljtes will call the attention
of the House of Commons to the attack
of the Times, but it is not presumed for
a moment that they will get any salts
faction. It is not a characteristic of
the Tories policy or principles to do
do anything that would openly commit
themselves in the eyes of the world.